/*
 * TMap Designer - A Thematic Map design software
 * Copyright (C) 2006 World Health Organization
 * http://www.who.int
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 */
package who.tmap.bo;

/**
 * @author stl
 * 
 * TODO To change the template for this generated type comment go to
 * Window - Preferences - Java - Code Style - Code Templates
 */
public interface AttrDef extends BizObject {

	/**
	 * Retrieve the name of the attribute	 
	 * @return
	 */
	String getName();
	
	/**
	 * Set the name of the attribute
	 * @param name
	 */
	void setName( String name );

	/**
	 * Retrieve the type of the attribute (java class name)
	 * @return
	 */
	String getType();

	/**
	 * Set the type of the attribute (java class name)
	 * @param type
	 */
	void setType( String type );
	
	/**
	 * Retrieve the attr size
	 * For char or date types this is the maximum number of characters, 
	 * for numeric or decimal types this is precision.
	 * @return
	 */
	int getSize();
	
	/**
	 * Sets the attribute size
	 * For char or date types this is the maximum number of characters, 
	 * for numeric or decimal types this is precision. 
	 * @param size
	 */
	void setSize( int size );
	
}
